In 2007, I began blogging about what happened here at the studio.  I enjoy sharing the process of making ceramic horses, and the blog gives me an easy-to-use format for doing that.  Over the years a fair bit of information has been archived there, so it seemed an index of sorts might make it easier to find the useful information.

Mold Making
Using marbles to make keys
Master molds
Plaster waste mold, Part 1
Plaster waste mold, Part 2
"Exploded" image of a plaster mold
Mold-making with Legos, Part 1
Mold-making with Legos, Part 2
Mold-making with Legos, Part 3
Making a rubber master mold
Making a plaster production mold
Mold inserts
Pitting
Designing the master
Small-scale challenges
Making better mold keys
More on inner pieces
Testing the design of inner pieces
Using fresh rubber
Redesigning the Vixen mold
Vixen redesign, Part 2
Issues with narrow inner pieces
Better mold soap
Tricks for difficult rubber pours
Using syringes for small plaster pours
Learning curve

Step-by-step series on making the mold for "Imp"
Step-by-step molding Imp - planning
Step-by-step molding Imp - claying up
Step-by-step molding Imp - edits
Step-by-step molding Imp - pouring the first side
Step-by-step molding Imp - forming the inner pieces
Step-by-step molding Imp - pouring the inner pieces
Step-by-step molding Imp - Legos
Step-by-step molding Imp - rubber original
Step-by-step molding Imp - rubber original, second try
Step-by-step molding Imp - third try
Step-by-step molding Imp - preparing the master
Step-by-step molding Imp - first plaster pour
Step-by-step molding Imp - shaping inner pieces
Step-by-step molding Imp - more inner pieces
Step-by-step Imp - hand-formed pieces
Step-by-step Imp - pouring the large sides
Step-by-step Imp - finished plaster mold
 

Casting
"Chimers"
Shrinkage
Casting and patience
Casting
More shrinkage
First castings
A tool for draining molds
Cutting the horse inside the mold
More on cutting castings
Curling (tiles)
More curling
 

Finishwork
Scraffito
Masking
Dappling
Changing plans midstream
Glazing, first steps
Glazing, later steps
Roaning
Medallion backgrounds
Color accuracy
Combining underglaze and art glaze
Airbrush recommendations
Color mixing and scraffito
More scraffito
Underglaze color shifting
Final details and glazing
Spray angles with underglazes
Creating soft roaning effects
 

Sculpting
Sculpting manes
Sculpting a medallion - layout
Sculpting a medallion - the base
Sculpting a medallion - adding text
Using jeweler's wax wire for borders
Sculpting a medallion - adding the horse
Sculpting a medallion - adding the mane

Horse Color
Skjevet (Fjord spotting)
Dominant White indentified
Splash in Kathiawaris
Silver in Welsh Mountain Ponies
"Tobiano" Arabian, Part 1
Dominant White update
"Tobiano" Arabian, Part 2
Dilute Dutch Draft
Black dilution in Appaloosas
More black dilution
"Wrong" colors, Part 1
"Wrong" color, Part 2
Bend'Or Spotting
Sooty spotting
Suppressed Leopards
 

Miscellaneous Techniques
Using rubber stamps
Shrinking originals
More on shrinking
Shipping chinas
 

Studio Set-up
Studio tour
Photography set-up
Another studio tour
Spray booth - planning
Spray booth construction, Part 1
Spray booth construction, Part 2
Spray booth construction, Part 3
Spray booth construction, Part 4
Spray booth construction, Part 5
Finished spray booth
 

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